Weather Underground is making changes to their API to pull data off their site. While this will not affect any normal users who use a browser, it will affect anyone who uses 3rd party apps and programs to pull data off Weather Underground. After the change, anyone who uses the API to create programs and apps that pulls data from Weather Underground must pay a license fee. The cost is unknown. However the users who upload their own data gets FREE access to their own data - What a deal!

How will this affect tiffinweather.com? Based on what information is currently available, Personal Weather Station (PWS) owners will still be able to send data to WU, and pull their own data from WU. However they will be unable to make use of the easy-to-use systems to pull data for elsewhere unless they pay a monthly license. Program & app developers will have to pay a hefty fee to make use of the new API and that will probably price them out of existence. "Enterprise Grade" API and related buzzwords are always expensive. As a result on my next maintenance run, I will be terminating the WU feed entirely.

There was an ongoing issue with the rain collector that ended up resolving itself after contacting Davis for troubleshooting, and being sent replacement parts. If the issue reoccurs, I'll replace the rain collector switch.

I have also relocated the station to an alternate location to see how it improves readings. There should be some improvement to the overall readings. I cant guarantee perfect conditions because we are surrounded by many tall large trees.

Yes, tiffinweather.com is back. I've managed to fix and address all the remote feeds to accommodate NWS, USGS, etc data feeds no longer working. I had to employ several different changes to the weather subsystem for it to work. This required a fair amount of work which I didn't have time for given my full-time schedule while we were incredibly busy.

Funny enough in the first 11 hours the site was online, there were 2 different hack attempts. 66.249.70.12, & 66.249.66.154. Strangely these IPs belong to Google, which leads me to believe a compromised machine or a malicious hosting account under Google's IP space. Stuff like this is what leads to data leaks, and breaches. Lax internet security. Stay safe out there.

The first phase of the upgrade has been completed. Most of the initial changes will not be visible to end-users. Some framework is now in place that allows me to add functionality and visual adjustments to the site as needed. Because of the software upgrade, some pages will need adjustments to visually match the rest of the system.

Phase 2 of the upgrades will continue into the week regarding the weather server. This will only affect uploading current conditions. Radar, Forecast and all other systems will remain operational.